Person

Israel C. Winfrey (Russell County, Kentucky, merchant and Union soldier (later a resident of Adair County))

b. 1828-03-21 d. 1873-08-30

Russell County, Kentucky, merchant and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Matilda E. Winfrey. Father of Margaret C. Winfrey, Frances E. Winfrey, Millard F. Winfrey, and William J. Winfrey. Merchant in Russell County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Russell County in 1860. Served in the 12th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from January 30, 1862 to July 5, 1862. Appointed as a commissioner of The Columbia and Burkesville Turnpike Road Company by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1864.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, Russell, p. 703.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Russell County, District of Russell, p. 210B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0262.
Mike Watson, “The Winfrey House & an Epidemic of Cholera, 1873 in Columbia, KY,” ColumbiaMagazine.com, http://columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=57546 (February 10, 2013).
Mike Watson, “Mike Watson: Early Roads and Bridges of Adair County, KY,” ColumbiaMagazine.com, http://columbiamagazine.com/index.php?sid=64595 (January 14, 2014).
Ely McClellan, An Account of the Epidemic of Cholera, During the Summer of 1873, In Eighteen Counties of the State of Kentucky (Cambridge, MA: Riverside Press, 1874), 29-30.
Find A Grave, "Israel Clinton Winfrey (1828-1873)," Memorial #6128267, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6128267 (accessed June 1, 2020).

Citation

Winfrey, Israel C.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32196504 (November 12, 2026).

The people, organizations, and places listed below appear in the same documents as Israel C. Winfrey (Russell County, Kentucky, merchant and Union soldier (later a resident of Adair County)). They are sorted by the number of documents they share.

Documents (1)

People

Organizations

Places

Loading network...

Network Visualized

How to use the visualization

CWGK’s network visualization brings the edition’s documents to life. The network on this page centers around Winfrey, Israel C.. Click on the light blue dot to see the documents in which the entity appears. You can also click on the dark orange dots to see other people linked to Winfrey, Israel C., a light orange dot to see the places connected to Winfrey, Israel C., or dark green dots to see organizations linked to Winfrey, Israel C..

Additionally, the lines between the dots add additional information. The light green lines demonstrate direct connections between Winfrey, Israel C. and another person, place, or organization. The light pink lines highlight that the dots appear in the same document.